Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 471 Multi-line (addition for leader Ciaoki)

On the seventh day of July in the third year of Dashun, Shanguo soldiers began to line up outside Tuhao Village.

The feudal towns have been separated for more than a hundred years, and the tactics of the towns are generally the same, but there are also small changes.

The Baoyi Army formed a phalanx with tens of thousands of people, but their cavalry was actually placed in the center instead of behind the formation like in the Northwest Fanzhen, which is a bit interesting.

There are ten thousand people in a large square, but it is actually composed of several small squares. No one is stupid to form a formation with 1 people together.

The small phalanxes on the corners on both sides protrude forward, with grain carts and antlers arranged, spearmen, crossbowmen interspersed, and a few cavalry. Is this because they are afraid that the siege will fail and the enemy will open the door to counterattack?
There are scattered teams cruising on both sides of the formation, and most of them are also bowmen.

At the front of the formation, there are four scattered formations standing out, all wearing heavy armor, holding large shields and machetes.

After the four scattered teams, there was a second wave of eight scattered teams, also wearing armor, holding blades, and carrying spears on their backs.

After that, it is the main force of the former army.The sword and shield hand, the infantry hand, and the cavalry have their own arrangements.

Not to mention, the formation is still well practiced, and the equipment is not bad, but I don't know what the real combat power is.

Li Fan boarded the assembled watchtower car, feeling depressed.

The location of Tuhaozhai is actually good, with mountains to the east and mountains to the north, and only the west and south can be attacked.A part of the Yi Cong Army has already lined up in the south, but they are a feint.

The capital of the Baoyi Army is really not that rich among the northern towns.

There are more than [-] infantry, which is considered a small number, and more than [-] cavalry are also few.

Xuanyi Town also only led two prefectures (Hua and Zheng), but had 4000 infantry. Decades ago, they went to Liangzhou to recruit soldiers and formed a cavalry force of more than [-]. He Delun and his son came from Hexi at that time.After Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan's troubles, their strength was somewhat damaged, but they were still firmly above Shaanxi.

Perhaps the strength of You Guojun (leading Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou), Heyang Town (Meng, Huai) and Feng Guojun (Caizhou) is worse than them.

The drums sounded, and then the trumpets continued.

Arrows rained down on the Xingnv's Wall and the high platform guarded by Jishi soldiers, shooting towards the middle of the village.

To deal with this kind of low fortress, don't be polite, just build earthen platforms and high platforms and shoot hard.

The rebel army in the south also started to move.

The old routine is still to fill the trench with the master's back, and then go to the rear to receive the reward, and then get a voucher, and you can go home directly. This year's service period is considered to be over.

The Bian army behind the sheep and horse wall cooperated with the enemy's bow and crossbow on the wall, and the master carrying the earth bag fell down in pieces like cut wheat.

Fall down a batch, continue with the previous batch, keep going forward.Those who dared to flee back were directly shot and killed by random arrows.

"Damn it, it's either the new party member or the master of Shanzhou, so ruthless!" Li Fan could see clearly from the high platform, and cursed repeatedly.

But it didn't work.

This sacrifice has to be paid by someone, either you or him. Li Tangbin chose Dangxiang people and Shanzhou people.

After filling the city god, more than [-] wooden carts left the battle and moved forward slowly under the guard of sergeants.

The wooden cart brought up a large cloud of smoke and dust, not because the cart was heavy, but because it was equipped with smoking equipment, which burned while walking, and drifted towards the enemy's village along the south wind.

Push it all the way to the place close to the wall of sheep and horses, and the whole car will be on fire, with thick smoke billowing and drifting past with the wind.

This thing was called "dust truck" in the country.To be honest, the effect is not very great, it can only deal with low fortifications, and it can only cause slight confusion to the enemy, and sometimes it can't even cause a little confusion.

In the Guochao army, there are actually many such miscellaneous things, but no one is willing to use them when attacking the city.

This is true of the dust truck, and so is the racket (catapult).Stones are difficult to find, trouble making stone bullets is the first reason, inaccurate shooting is the second reason, and power is weak is the third reason.

Taizong attacked Goguryeo with trebuchets and chariots. In the end, he paid a huge price and broke the city wall with chariots.

After that, Guochao has been improving trebuchets for more than two hundred years, but there has been no progress. Up to now, they can only be used when defending the city, to see if they can hit people. Li Tangbin prepared some in Wei County, but the stone The ammunition reserve is not enough, and it is estimated that it will be enough for a few days.

After the dust truck burned, thick smoke billowed and drifted towards the enemy troops behind the sheep and horse wall and on the stockade.The sergeant pushing the cart held up a large shield and retreated slowly, but some people still fell down from time to time, screaming miserably.

Diagonally behind them, a brigade of cavalry has mounted their horses and is ready to respond at any time, but the enemy troops in the village have not dispatched.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The drum sounded again.

A thousand sergeants came out.

The sergeants in the first row carried large shields in their hands, and nearly a thousand people behind them wore heavy armor and held long swords, Mo Dao, and long Ke axes.

The sound of heavy footsteps sounded, and the rhythm was bright, like knocking on people's hearts.

These are the thousand strong men of the Yi Congjun Hengshandu.

They were tall, with fierce faces, and as they marched, people kept boosting their morale.

Every encouragement was exchanged for a unison roar of "Kill!"

Thousands of people shouted, and the sound shook the whole field.

The Bian army behind the sheep and horse wall also became ruthless. One general shouted, and everyone responded, as if tit for tat.

The sound of neat footsteps kept approaching.

"Shoot!" Large canopy arrows flew from the wall of the village.

The big shield blocked a part, and there were muffled groans one after another, someone fell down, and was quickly replaced by someone, the formation was as tough as ever.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The drummer looked at the queue of soldiers from Hengshan Metropolis, his blood was agitated, and his men became more and more powerful.

"Shoot!" The arrows behind the sheep and horse wall were like a torrential rain.

The large shield was already full of arrows, and this time more people fell down, but they were also replaced, and the formation was as tough as ever.

With less than twenty steps left, the sound of the drums suddenly became more intense. The soldiers of Hengshan Metropolitan Speeded up their pace, raised their hands slightly, and raised their epee, Mo Dao, and Chang Ke ax a little.

Final steps.

"Kill!" Shouted in unison that almost pierced the eardrums, and the turbulent wave of iron armor rushed forward.

"Pfft!" Chang Ke's ax whizzed down, beheading a Bianjun's neck so that only a layer of skin remained.

The heavy swordsman braved the long spear stabbed like a hedgehog, climbed down, and cut horizontally and vertically with the long sword.

More than a thousand people from both sides almost fought together.

There is no formation, and there is little coordination, all they rely on is a desperate fight.

Li Fan tightly closed his mouth.

Once upon a time, he fought so bravely, almost risking his life, so he was appreciated by the Shangguan and climbed up step by step.

Over the years, he is no longer who he used to be.

"Isn't it a feint attack? Why did you fight so fiercely?" Li Fan could see clearly from the high platform that the Bian army in the village was already mobilizing to the south. Block it and say it again.

"Attack!" He asked people to raise the command flag, the drummer began to beat the drums, and the west also moved.

Li Tangbin was watching the battle from the watchtower in the camp, but his mind was elsewhere.

There were more than 8000 cavalry in total, Bai Gui took away more than [-] cavalry, and there were [-] more in the camp.

The main force of the Tianzhu army, the Qingtangdu army of the Yicong army, and the Heyuan army are all waiting in formation, waiting for the reinforcements from the Bian army to come.

But the question is, will they come?Hu Zhen doesn't seem to have many soldiers. Nanlu Ge and Yang are still blocked in Xiaoshan. Will someone come over?

Tuhaozhai is located to the east of Xiaozhai and to the west of Mianchi, between these two important strongholds.

Will the Bian army abandon this stronghold and only make it a flesh and blood mill that consumes our army's strength?
He was not sure, but he sincerely hoped that reinforcements from the Bian Army brigade would come.

If you don't come, there is nothing you can do, you can only suffer a little loss and capture this village.

No matter what method is used, it is a disadvantage to attack the city and attack the village.Even if there is no walled city, the offense suffers more than the defense in a field battle, and it will cost more casualties-of course, this is when the strength of both sides is the same.

The Shanguo Army is only useful for this.

……

Within Xin'an County, Wei Zhao hurried over.

As soon as he saw Hu Zhen, he had only one sentence: "The King of Dongping County asked me to ask you, can you stand it?"

"Yes." Hu Zhen replied directly, and then smiled wryly: "It's just that the scene is a bit ugly."

In fact, there are more Bian troops in Henan Province than Xia Bandits, but they were divided into two battlefields by Xiaoshan Mountain. Deliver food.

As for the large group of people going north, they can only go out of Shazha Valley and Huixiban, but they all face the threat of Xia Bandit Xiaozhai.

Liu Kangyi is such a waste!
That failure was not just as simple as killing thousands of people.

The loss of troops is a trivial matter, even insignificant, but the loss of Huguo Village, an important stronghold connecting the north and the south, is too fatal.

"It's good if you can keep it." Wei Zhao nodded and said: "Huguo Village is lost, Shazha City and Huixiban can't have any more accidents. Last summer, the thieves' silver spears went out of Shazha Valley and entered Luoshui Valley. , the counties were shaken, we can't let them succeed."

Hu Zhen felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

What is Wei Zhao?I joined the group when the General of Tianbu Evening (Wang Xianzhi) was still there. Is it your turn to teach me how to do things?

But he still said on the surface: "Although Ge Congzhou's qualifications are still young and he has not yet led a soldier alone, he still has skills. He will definitely not let Xia's bandits break into Ruzhou. Besides, Xia's bandits don't have many troops."

"That's good." Wei Zhao then found a chair and sat down, sighing, "The battle in the east was not going very well. Somehow, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin changed their temper and stopped fighting. The progress of the army was slow. , Puzhou was only surrounded half a month ago, and I don’t know how long it will take.”

Puzhou is a state city with a circumference of about [-] miles. If the defense is adequate and the soldiers have the fighting spirit, it will not be so easy to take down.

The Bian Army set up the Zhusheng Army, which originally only had a few hundred horses. At the end of last year, they bought a lot of horses from Wang Rong. After passing through Weibo and returning to Bianzhou, they recruited Huai Yi into the army and expanded it to two thousand. Population, money and food.

The harvest this time is only these.

Not yet a summer thief!You rob people from Henan, and I rob people from Puzhou and Xuzhou.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the Xia thief's offensive will not last long." Hu Zhen ordered his servants to serve tea, and said: "The commander attacked Puzhou, and the water transported food to the city, and the summer thief still needs to transfer by land from Shanzhou. After fighting for more than a month, the Xia bandits will have to retreat. At that time, the king of Dongping County will capture Puzhou, and the main force will move westward to transport troops and food along the Luoshui River. In the pocket."

Of course, both Hu and Wei understand that it is not easy to achieve this.

Xia thief is very clever and can run faster than a rabbit.Once the Xiaoshan camp felt the pressure, most of them left.It's not right if you chase it, and it's not good if you don't chase it. It's a headache.

"We are fighting on two fronts this year, and we have consumed a lot of property, money and food, and even a lot of pensions." Wei Zhao sighed, "General Ding's subordinates have more than [-] men stationed in Suzhou, and the governor of Haozhou in Xuzhen, Zhang Yu, wants to surrender, but he has not yet Jucheng. Zhang Jian, the governor of Sizhou, wanted to surrender, but recently he suddenly lost his voice, which is very strange."

It is indeed not easy to fight on several fronts with tight troops.

On the eastern front, the king of Dongping County led more than [-] troops to attack Yunzhen. There was no problem in the field battle, but if Zhu Xuan slipped the first battle, it would not be able to settle down in a short time.

Dinghui's more than [-] troops, plus thousands of soldiers from Xu Zhen, were stationed in Suzhou.

To the south are Hao and Shou prefectures. Sun Ru's old tribe in Shouzhou surrendered last year. Haozhou should be able to surrender this year, but if Sizhou does not surrender, it will not be able to connect with the enclave of Chuzhou in the east. It is not beautiful.

It is heard that Yang Xingmi has captured and killed Sun Ru and surrendered his followers.There are many Confucian soldiers, and 5000 of them are selected bravely and vigorously, and they are rewarded generously.

If it waits for it to rectify the mess in the south of the Yangtze River before entering Tujiangbei, the pressure on the south line will increase again.

Perhaps, it is time to send someone to contact Du Hong and Qian Liu.

Du Hong of the Wuchang army has secretly surrendered to the king of Dongping County. Zhen Haijun Qian Liu should also be a little frightened in the face of Yang Xingmi's pressure, but he can make a good relationship.

(End of this chapter)